Victor Oladipo Crush-a-lot

[Nathan S]

A 8'4.5" standing reach and a 42" vertical mean a 11'10.5" max vertical reach for Oladipo, the highest of any drafted guard in DX's database (other than Corey Brewer, who at 6'7" has played mostly at SF in the NBA). Ball's back in your court 'Dipo haters :chuckles:

 

[EdMonix11]

A 8'4.5" standing reach and a 42" vertical mean a 11'10.5" max vertical reach for Oladipo, the highest of any drafted guard in DX's database (other than Corey Brewer, who at 6'7" has played mostly at SF in the NBA). Ball's back in your court 'Dipo haters :chuckles:

Not really..... I mean, unless you're okay with taking Iman Shumpert in the top 5.

We all knew he was a great athlete and had a massive wingspan. We also now know he's an inch shorter than what we were led to believe. He's still a SG with questionable skills.

 

[Jack Brickman]

I don't think adding Shabazz would be that terrible next to Dion and Kyrie. He is a scorer, but he's not a ball handler like our two guys are.

Not saying that we should draft him, just that I think people are portraying him as a primary ball handler and I don't think that is what he is.

 

[mds]

A 8'4.5" standing reach and a 42" vertical mean a 11'10.5" max vertical reach for Oladipo, the highest of any drafted guard in DX's database (other than Corey Brewer, who at 6'7" has played mostly at SF in the NBA). Ball's back in your court 'Dipo haters :chuckles:

He better not bite on a pump fake.

 

[Cashius X]

I don't think adding Shabazz would be that terrible next to Dion and Kyrie. He is a scorer, but he's not a ball handler like our two guys are.

Not saying that we should draft him, just that I think people are portraying him as a primary ball handler and I don't think that is what he is.

Seeing this post just put the biggest smile on my face lol. We could definitely get him easily too. According to a lot of draft analysts Shabazz's draft stock has and continues to fall because of his me-first attitude and one-dimensional play. But I feel like if we could try and trade up from 19 to like 10 or 11 he might still be there and I don't think it would be too hard to get him to buy into what we're doing.

Center with top pick + Shabazz with 2nd pick = ideal draft to me

 

[Kouki]

If you completely ignore everything about him as a human being except for some facets of his basketball game, yeah he could be good for us. I'd rather take a look at that Reggie Bullock guy. Would complement our team real well.

 

[Len]

15 reps of 185lbs? Pshhh.


All joking aside he has great measurements. As another poster stated, he will make a team very happy at SG.

 

[MYoung23]

I don't think adding Shabazz would be that terrible next to Dion and Kyrie. He is a scorer, but he's not a ball handler like our two guys are.

Not saying that we should draft him, just that I think people are portraying him as a primary ball handler and I don't think that is what he is.

His tunnel vision and need to take a lot of shots to get the most out of him makes him a bad fit.

 

[MYoung23]

A 8'4.5" standing reach and a 42" vertical mean a 11'10.5" max vertical reach for Oladipo, the highest of any drafted guard in DX's database (other than Corey Brewer, who at 6'7" has played mostly at SF in the NBA). Ball's back in your court 'Dipo haters :chuckles:

Corey Brewer is a backup

 

[KB]

http://www.anonymouseagle.com/2013/...live-blog-marquette-golden-eagles-vander-blue

10:02: The desk crew looks at the highest vertical jumps at the combine since 2000, and Nate Robinson is the only significant NBA player in the top 5. They do mention that Darius Johnson-Odom had the best jump last year.

 

[I'mWithDan]

http://www.anonymouseagle.com/2013/...live-blog-marquette-golden-eagles-vander-blue

How many of those players averaged 14 and 6 in the best basketball conference in the country?

And how many of those players steadily improved each season?

VO is an elite athlete with basketball skills and is nowhere near his ceiling. All the people trying to downgrade him are going to look really dumb.

Corey Brewer?! Brewer shot 47 / 34.....VO shot 60 / 44 with a deeper 3pt line. Oladipo is a far superior prospect and already possesses an elite NBA skill.

 

[EdMonix11]

How many of those players averaged 14 and 6 in the best basketball conference in the country?

And how many of those players steadily improved each season?

VO is an elite athlete with basketball skills and is nowhere near his ceiling. All the people trying to downgrade him are going to look really dumb.

Corey Brewer?! Brewer shot 47 / 34.....VO shot 60 / 44 with a deeper 3pt line. Oladipo is a far superior prospect and already possesses an elite NBA skill.

What is his elite NBA skill that he already has? I currently don't see one.

When your strengths only consist on one side of the floor, your ceiling is very limited. That's Oladipo in a nutshell.

Also, the Big East was better last year and certainly deeper. Also, Oladipo regressed during his Sophomore year.....

 

[KB]

How many of those players averaged 14 and 6 in the best basketball conference in the country?

And how many of those players steadily improved each season?

VO is an elite athlete with basketball skills and is nowhere near his ceiling. All the people trying to downgrade him are going to look really dumb.

Corey Brewer?! Brewer shot 47 / 34.....VO shot 60 / 44 with a deeper 3pt line. Oladipo is a far superior prospect and already possesses an elite NBA skill.

You do realize that Dipo only took 68 3's this year making 30 of them right?

That means if Dipio had 5 shots bounce the wrong it drops is 3p fg% to 36

The point being his sample size shooting the 3 is not large enough to call it strength, let alone an elite skill

If you look at his career he is 48/142 which comes to 33%. This 33% is lower than Corey Brewers college career 3p fg%

Also in regards to being a far superior prospect

You seem to forget Brewer was pretty highly regarded prospect when he came out after Flordia's run through college b-ball, I mean he was projected top 10 and taken 7th overall. Brewer was compared to Josh Smith and Trevor Ariza by some of the draft "experts" at the time.

http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/corey-brewer-414/

Does this write up not sound similar in regards to Dipo?

Obviously has some outstanding tools to work with, including great quickness, a superb first step, and the kind of smooth fluidity that you just can’t find anywhere else. As we’ve mentioned many times this year already, it’s pretty amazing how effective a player Brewer is considering how much room he still has left to improve on his skill-set. His handle is pretty loose, his jumper is streaky, and only weighing out around 180 pounds, he’ll probably be one of the skinniest 6-9 players to play in the NBA in quite some time.

With that said, Brewer’s shooting has a ton of potential as we saw in the Final Four this year, where he was named Most Outstanding Player for those who forgot. His shooting mechanics are clean and very fluid, with a crisp, quick release, good balance, and the ability to get his shot off almost whenever he wants thanks to his height and length. He shot around 70% from 16-17 feet out from what we charted, and about 60% from the NBA 3. Those are decent, but definitely improvable numbers, although it’s not hard to envision him becoming a very solid NBA shooter considering his mechanics and work ethic. His shot can flatten out at times in terms of the arc he gets on it, something that he’s already working on from what we were told. He put up a ton of jump-shots in the time we saw him, and was pretty streaky overall.

Obviously not being a pure “drills” player in terms of his skill-set, it was in the five on five pick-up game where Brewer really shined. He looked a bit bored at times doing some of the drills, but his competitive juices really got flowing once the ball went in the air. He made some fantastic passes all game long whenever the ball was in his hands, including a beautiful alleyoop pass to Martell Webster to start off the game.

Always there was his uncanny sense for sniffing out steals in the passing lanes, and he looked incredibly smooth slithering through the defense with his terrific first step to get his shot off. Despite his skinny frame, he took the bulkier Marcel Jones down into the post on a number of occasions to finish with a turnaround jumper or up and under, and on one occasion exploded over the top of a couple of opponents for an awesome put-back dunk. Even though Brewer later told us that he was instructed not to play too hard and to avoid risking an injury at all costs, it was pretty hard for us to see that on the court. At one point Brewer went careening off the court and crashed into the weight room fencing just to save a loose ball. If that’s indicative of Brewer’s innate competitiveness in a setting like this, one can imagine how he’ll compete when every possession counts. The one negative we could analyze from this setting was probably his pull-up jumper, which was not really falling for him at a high rate.

 

[I'mWithDan]

What is his elite NBA skill that he already has? I currently don't see one.

When your strengths only consist on one side of the floor, your ceiling is very limited. That's Oladipo in a nutshell.

Oladipo is going to be a dominant defender. So if you don't see that as an elite skill, then this is probably a waste of time.

As for Brewer's writeup, is Oladipo a bean pole? Or a streak shooter? Their only similarities are raw athleticism.

Oladipo weighs 30 LBS more than Brewer, at 3.5" inches shorter. He's an absolute rock with elite athleticism. His offensive game will need work but he'll be a dominant defender from game 1.

 

[EdMonix11]

Oladipo is going to be an elite defender from day 1.

So if you don't see that elite skill then this is probably a waste of time.

He's not an elite defender from day 1. He could become an elite defender in time, but not from day 1.

The NBA is too good and Oladipo had his fair share of defensive mishaps last year.

You act like his transition is going to be easy and nothing could be further from the truth. We heard the same arguments about Thomas Robinson last year.....